Richardson Beach surfForecast / Lake Ontario / Canada

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 13 Mar 2026 EDT
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Richardson Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Richardson Beach sea temperature is
0.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Richardson Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Richardson Beach at 2PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Afternoon (13 Mar)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (13 Mar)11ft (3.5m)8s

Table - waves today at Richardson Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Mon
16
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
W
1.1
SE
1.6
SE
2.5
SE
3
S
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
W
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.3
SE
3
SSE
3
SSE
Period(s) (?)545678910101087766553456788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2153203681101025262168244311134982691526216520187705229801332
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
S
15
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
W
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
25
E
20
ESE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
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n/a
n/a
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Low Tide
/ height (m)
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
Sunrise-7:22-------7:20-------7:18------
Sunset----7:08-------7:09-------7:10---
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-4-4-21112110-102-1-3-4-5-5-3-13556
Feels °C (?)-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-6-5-5-9-7-5-7-7-8-10-11-9-8-4-2-3-2
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